Agenda for Microtunneling Short Course 2025*

May 6th

Day 1 Schedule

Day 1 Tue., May 6
7:00 AM 8:00 AM Breakfast & Registration
8:00 AM 8:15 AM Welcoming Remarks/Introductions Levent Ozdemir, Ozdemir Associates
8:15 AM 9:00 AM Industry Developments and Unique Projects Paul Nicholas, AECOM
9:00 AM 9:45 AM Ground Investigation Carrie Loar, Stantec
9:45 AM 10:30 AM Planning and Design Considerations Todd Kilduff, Kilduff Underground Engineering
10:30 AM 10:45 AM COFFEE
10:45 AM 11:15 AM GBR and Risk Paul Headland, Aldea Services
11:15 AM 12:00 PM Subcontractor’s Bid Proposal and Subcontract: What They Should and Should Not Include Tom Olson, Olson Construction Law
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM 1:45 PM Strategies for packaging, qualifying, and bidding tunneling works to attract capable and competitive contractors Maureen Carlin, Garver
1:45 PM 2:15 PM Steel Pipe and Mechanical Press Fit Connections Trevor Gonterman, Trinity Pipe
2:15 PM 2:45 PM Anderson Dam Project Charles Luxford, Brierley Associates and Paul Vadnais, Vadnais Trenchless
2:45 PM 3:00 PM COFFEE
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Concrete Pipe & Segments Walt Siryk, United Precast
3:30 PM 4:15 PM Case Study Troy Stokes, Akkerman
4:15 PM 5:00 PM N. 35th Street and W. Roosevelt Drive Improvements Brian Strane & Dan Zirbel , Super Excavators
5:00 PM 7:00 PM Welcoming Reception

May 7th

Day 2 Schedule

Day 2 Wed., May 7th
7:00 AM 8:00 AM Breakfast & Registration
8:00 AM 8:30 AM Steel Pipe/Radial Bending Joint Bryan Swanson, Northwest Pipe/Permalok
8:30 AM 9:15 AM Curved Microtunneling, Hydraulic Joint and MSS Stefan Trümpi-Althaus, Jackcontrol
9:15 AM 10:00 AM Single Pass Microtunneling Installations - Tri-City (OR) and Bay Park (NY) Carl Pitzer, Thompson Pipe
10:00 AM 10:15 AM COFFEE
10:15 AM 10:45 AM MTBM Wet Retrieval Case Study – Clarksville, TN Harsha Reddy, Huxted
10:45 AM 12:00 PM NAMA Roundtable
  • Kim Hanson, Hazen & Sawyer
  • Jordan Bradshaw, Bradshaw Construction,
  • Todd Kilduff, Kilduff Underground Engineering
  • Harsha Reddy, Huxted Trenchless
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM 1:45 PM Ground Improvement Dennis Boehm, Keller
1:45 PM 2:30 PM Choosing the Right Equipment for the Job Ingo Justen , Tunnel Service Group
2:30 PM 3:15 PM Slurry Management Jerrod Rice, Clean Slurry Technology
3:15 PM 3:30 PM COFFEE
3:30 PM 4:00 PM Enhancing Microtunneling Efficiency - The Synergy of Communication, Guidance and Surveying Mathias Knoll, VMT (USA) Technical Measurement Solutions Inc.
4:00 PM 5:00 PM NAMA Meeting
4:00 PM 4:30 PM Subsurface Geological Characterization Using Innovative Geophysics and 3D Modeling Mitchell Green, Willowstick Technologies
4:30 PM 5:00 PM Adam Pring, GEI
6:00 PM 7:00 PM Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM 9:00 PM Banquet Dinner

May 8th

Day 3 Schedule

Day 3 Thurs., May 8th
7:00 AM 8:00 AM Breakfast & Registration
8:00 AM 8:45 AM Direct Pipe - Offshore Wind Project in VA Jeremy Stenslie, Herrenknecht
8:45 AM 9:30 AM Mining in Cobbles and Boulders Don Del Nero, WSP
9:30 AM 10:15 AM Case History Glenn Boyce, Delve Underground
10:15 AM 10:30 AM COFFEE
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Microtunneling in Karst Jordan Bradshaw, Bradshaw Construction
11:00 AM 11:30 AM Vacuum Microtunneling: Advancing Efficiency and Redefining Stuart Harrison, OptionX
11:30 AM 12:00 PM CCFRMP Bijan Khamanian, Hobas
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM 1:30 PM Curved Pipe Roofing, Rectangular MTBM and Rectangulae Pipe Roofing Tetsuaki Muroi, Iseki
1:30 PM 2:15 PM Annular Space Grouting/Casing Spacers
2:15 PM 3:00 PM Legal Issues Tom Rosenberg, Roetzel
3:00 PM 3:15 PM COFFEE
3:15 PM 3:45 PM Calgary Nose Creek Sewer Project Paul Kelly and Mohi Parata, Ward & Burke
3:45 PM 4:15 PM Contractor case history
4:15 PM 4:45 PM Case Studies in Emergency Water & Soil Control Grouting Kirk Roberts, CJGeo
4:45 PM 5:00 PM Closing Remarks Levent Ozdemir, Ozdemir Associates

*2025 Microtunneling Short Course Agenda is Subject to Change